“We made the front page!” shouted John Bruhn as he burst through the kitchen door of the Southwest Louisiana Volunteer center. “We made the front page!”
The day before yesterday, a rookie reporter showed up at the Mrs. DeJean’s place sent out by his editor to find a community interest story. He spoke with everyone and put together a piece that the paper decided to run with as their lead piece, complete with a four-color photo front and center.
Continue reading about Rebuilding Together – Days 6 and 7, Wrapping up the week
Somehow we shifted into an even higher gear today as we finished off task after task. The DeJean house went from being dark red with dark green trim in the morning to being light blue with dark blue trim at the end of the day. For a short period in between, the house was white [...]
Continue reading about Rebuilding Together – Day 5, Good news and bad news
Today was another extremely productive day at the DeJean house. All of the electrical wiring is complete and all of the outlet and switch boxes have been installed. All of the damaged siding and outdoor trim pieces have been replaced and the exterior has been caulked and is now ready for priming and paint. The [...]
Continue reading about Rebuilding Together – Day 4, Progress continues
Sheetrock that is. The progress continued today at the DeJean house with the arrival of additional materials, including wall studs, floor joist lumber, windows, and sheetrock. The size of the early group seemed to double this morning as more of the volunteers wanted to get an earlier start. Once at the house, work began promptly [...]
Continue reading about Rebuilding Together – Day 3, We rock!
I’m not normally an early riser, but this morning I woke up around 4:30 AM just excited to begin the week. I tried to sleep a little more, but couldn’t really manage to make myself go back to sleep. I did stay in bed until about 6:00 AM, then got up and had breakfast. The [...]
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